Tie for bales



March 15, 1932.

R. W. MONTEN TIE FOR BALES Filed Dec.

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Patented Mar. 15, 1.932

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'QFFIC'E g RAGNOR WILHELM MQNTEN, OF SOUTH MELBOURNE, VICTORIA,AUSTRALIA TIE ron BALES Application filedpeeember 17, 1930, Serial No.

This invention relates to an improved tie for W001 bales and foranalogouspurposes and has been devised with the object of providing atie or fastening device which is particularly applicable for tying woolbales though it particularly for use with wool bales, it beingunderstood that no limitation is to be imposed.

A feature of the present invention consists in the employment of abuckle or like connection adapted to take the tension of the tie bandsor wires used about the bale and to maintain the said tension untilremoved by additional means.

An essential feature embodied in the present invention consists in theemployment of a specially formed plate incorporating a substantiallycentral depression and opening together with a loop formation at oneend, the arrangement being such that when the tie bands or wires are inposition they will bear against each other in such a manner thatvoluntary displacement is totally eliminated.

A further advantage occurs withthe use of my invention inasmuch as I caneffect a great saving in metal as the straps I use need only be of verylight section compared with the material at present employed.

The invention will now be fully described with reference to theaccompanying draw- 7 ings in which z- Figure 1 1s a perspective vlew ofa wool bale with two of the bale-ties constructed according to thepreferred form of my invention secured thereon.

Figure 2 is an enlarged and perspective View of the form of bale-tieshown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the preferred form of connection shown inFigures 1 and 2, and

Figure .L is a view in section showing the positions occupied by thebands when in position about a bale.

of my invention a plate 5'of suitable gauge material and of convenientlength and proand 7.

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Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of connection. fFigure dis a plan of a inodified form of connection, and L Figure 7 is acentral longitudinal sectionts. ofFiguredj l 1 Figure 8 is an end viewthereof.

Figures 9 and 10 are a further alternative form of connection andlongitudinal central section of a further modified form of con-'nection, and v j Figures 11, 12 and 13 are views in section, sideelevation and end elevation respectively of the connection illustratedin Figure'fi.

[Figure 14 isa, perspective. viewof a fur-- ther alternative form ofconnection.

According to this invention and with particular reference to Figures 1,2, 3 and 4 which illustrate the preferred embodiment vided with integraldown-turned sides 6 Formed at one end of the plate is 'a"depressed;portion 8 forming an opening 9, the purpose of which will be hereinafterdescribed. V

Form-ed on the surface 10 of the plate 5 is a depression 11 adapted toprovide an opening 12 which is adapted to cooperate 'with the opening 9.

Passing through the opening 12 is a strap or band of metal 13 whichpasses around the 'bale or parcel, the end 15 of the said strap 13passing through the opening 9 to lie in intimate contact with the strapportion 13.

The strap 13 is then passed around the bale 141: andthe other end of thesaid strap is passed throughthe slot or opening'12 of the plate '5, saidstrap being then brought to a position shown more particularly in Figure4 with its end portion 16 lying against the end portion 15'of the strap13.

It will be understood that two or any convenient number may be disposedabout a bale and in Figure 1 2 are shown.

VVhen the pressure is released from the bale, the strap ends andtheportionsengagingthe plate connection 5 are broughtinto very intimatecontact and since .the bends-100 formed on the straps are substantiallyacuate, the possibilities of voluntary release of tension on the straps1.3 is entirely eliminated.

In the alternative construction shown in Figure 5, I provide aconnection or buckle incor oratin a central enin '17 and two 23 D endloops 18 and ,19 forming openings as 20 and'in this construction thestrap 13 is passed 7 through the opening 17' and the end 21 of the saidstrap is brought upwardly to pass through the openings 20., the pressureon the bale preventing the voluntary release of tension.

The construction illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8 is analt'ernativearrangement which comprisesga plate 22 vhaving two openings '23,24'juxtaposed and provided with loops or depressed portions 25 providingan'opening 26 through which the strap will pass as already explained,while Figures 9 and 10 illustrate a further alternative arrangement andincorporates openings 27, 28, loops 29, 30 providing openings 31, 32 andin this construction the bands will be passed through the openings 27,28 so that their ends pass upwardly through the slots or openings 31,

analogous purposes characterized by a buckle comprising a plate withdownturned sides and having a depressed portion at one end to form anopening and an adjacent opening formed on the said plate, in combinationa metal band, one end of which is adapted to pass into one of theopeningsand outwardly through the opening at one end of the. said plate,the other-end of saidban being adapted to pass into the opening an i, 75

be bent about the positionedb'andso that the two respective ends lietogether.

-Signe'd at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, this 17th day ofOctober, A.D. 1930.

RAGNOR WILHELM' MONTEN. g

32, the ends of the straps lying in intimate contact with the bindingportion of the said straps. 5 v 7 'Figures 11, 12 and 13 are viewsillustrating in detail the construction shown in F igure 5.

The construction-illustrated in Figure 14 discloses a plate 33 havingend openings'34 anda central opening 35, the strap 36 being passedthrough the opening 35 and the end '37 of the said strap 36 passingthrough one straps when the pressure is removed from thebale.

In carrying the invention into practical eflect, one end of the band orstrap 13 is placed through the slot 12, bent back upon itself and theninserted in the slot 9, see particularly Figure 4:, the free end ofthestrap or band 13 being then passed about the bale as 14 and then passedthrough the slot 12 and bent about the anchored end of the band or strap13 so that when the pressure is released from the bale 14 the ends ofthe tie strap or band 13 are pressed against each other and against themain strap 13.

1 What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isimproved tie for W001 bales and'for

